A principal in Melbourne's west has been stood down after video footage emerged of him dragging a primary school aged pupil along the ground. The education department has launched an investigation. Read more here. 

• Water works are contonuing to hold things up on High Street, Armadale.

• If you're going through CityLink near Bulla Rod watch out for a truck breakdown.

• Hyde Street Bridge in Yarraville has one lane out of action for ongoing works. 

All lanes on the Princes Freeway at Pakenham near the Koo Wee Rup exit are open again after an earlier car fire caused delays. 

This is a great shot of art deco Brunswick from photographer Chris Hopkins. 

If you're still getting your head around the news of the day, here are some stories that broke overnight. 

If you need to make some plans this weekend that involve sheltering from heat look no further than our entertainment guide. 

A police officer has been bitten by one of his canine colleagues.

Police said a male constable sustained a small bite while being assisted by the dog squad in searching three people in an Ashwood street just before midnight on Thursday. 

He was taken to hospital and has since been released.

The man who founded Sweden's Museum of Failure has been declared bankrupt. Samuel West's former business partners reported him for failing to pay for legal fees of 450,000 kronor ($68,000). "I'm up s--t creek," Mr West said. The museum displays 100 of the weirdest flop products in business history. 

There's some drama on the Princes Freeway at Pakenham this morning as a car has caught fire. 

It has closed the left-hand lane inbound before the Koo Wee Rup exit and is causing delays. Emergency services are there.

It's 7am so let's see if we are awake enough to unscramble the Target word. Yesterday we almost had nobody get the answer but clever reader Elizabeth Jeffrey came through for a late win. 

Today's nine letters are O E L U M R T E P.

Let me know when you get it. Hope everyone fares better today!